Yums! I see Nicole’s post up already! Anyway, I just came back from my school’s council’s chalet organised for us to relax after our exams and I am totally lack of sleep right now, but I thought I should post something related to cooking too!
My boyfriend, let’s call him NT; he prefers simple food, and he doesn’t take seafood other than fish, so when I am cracking my brains to decide what I want to cook for him, it doesn’t seems to be hard, isn’t it? But it is not easy either. He loves all types of tofu, plain ones, egg ones, tau pok, etc…but his ultimate favourite is hot-plate tofu which he has yet to find one that could satisfy his taste buds so far. So I decided to do this dish MY WAY. (:
Who says Hot-plate Tofu needs you to have a hot-plate at home? Well, to save the oil stains around your dining table, you can do without it!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 1.5 hours
Ingredients:
3 tubes of egg tofu
125g of minced pork
2 to 3 tbsp of oyster sauce
1.5 to 2 tbsp of cornflour
2 tsp of oil
3 to 4 tbsp of water (depending on how much gravy you want)
An egg
For marinating the minced pork (best to marinate it for at least 2 hours):
2 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of light soya sauce
dash of pepper
1 tsp of cornflour
Method:
1. Cut the egg tofu into pieces, approximately 8 to 10 pieces per tube.
2. Pan fried the pieces of egg tofu on a frying pan or wok. Make sure you use sufficient kitchen towels to dry them after that.
3. Fry the egg using the frying pan and place it in the serving bowl.
4. In a separate wok, heat oil in it and stir fry the minced pork.
5. When the minced pork is about 80% cooked, add in the oyster sauce and add water. Bring it to boil.
6. Pour in the egg tofu pieces.
7. Add water (not warm or hot) to the cornflour in a separate bowl and stir to mix it. Pour it into the sauce when it boils. Stir it for a min or two and serve it in the bowl containing your fried egg earlier.
And you are done with one dish! It is a time-consuming dish but look at how your loved ones are satisfied with the dish, you will feel that everything was worth it! Nothing beats to seeing the smile of NT for me…and it taste exactly like hot-plate tofu! You can also choose to add in other ingredients like carrot, holland peas and onions…
It is an easy homely dish that anyone can cook. Try it! (:
With love,
Jacinta
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